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Samuel A. Alito to the US Solicitor General, Memo re: Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians, US Department of Justice, May 30, 1985 [advocating a gradual challenge to the fringes of Roe v. Wade, rather than an all-out assault on the landmark abortion ruling]. Read the full text of the memo [PDF] from the National Archives. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.